Watch "El Fayrouz ", the largest aquaculture project in the Middle East, from satellite
Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated the Fayrouz Aquaculture Project in East Port Said, which is considered the largest of its kind in the Middle East. "Youm7" displays a series of satellite images via Google Earth, the largest project in the Middle East.
The satellite images show the site of the project, which is located on an area of approximately 26 thousand feddans, facing 17.5 km along the Mediterranean coast and 10 km in depth east of Port Said, which includes about 5908 fish farming ponds, while the size of the pond is 1.75 acres with a total area of 15886 thousand acres. Google, from the top, via satellite, the image of the project, which reveals the words "Long live Egypt".
It is noteworthy that the mega project contributes with a huge added value to the development of the Suez Canal area and the Sinai Peninsula by establishing new industrial and urban communities in them, as the project provides 10,000 direct and indirect job opportunities in many professions and specializations in this field, and aims to reduce the gap between production and consumption. Achieving self-sufficiency and limiting imports, and increasing export opportunities to the Arab and European markets, thus providing hard currency and supporting the national economy.
While the fish farming project, which was established in the East Al-Tafraa region, includes fishing ponds called El Fayrouz Project, in addition to the Dibbiyeh area and a marine fishing fleet operating inside and outside the regional waters. In all fields, with the aim of increasing the per capita share of fish and trying to bridge the food gap and reduce imports.
